Bill Moyers, the resident socialist on the U.S. Public Broadcasting System, claimed that private water companies should be seized on the grounds that water is too important to be left to private enterprise. I am arguing the opposite, that we would be better off if as much of the market for water was privatized as possible. I am granting that some aspects of water supply development and delivery are better left to government right now. Nonetheless, the government should take positive steps to expand private markets.